The other media outlets are doing it, so we will too. Unless something dramatic happens in the next week, here are the top 2010 highlights from KnoxViews...
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Top 10 Most Popular Articles:
1. Pro-exclusion petition approved (353 votes)
2. State overrules city charter on number of signatures required (314 votes)
3. Oil spill update: Obama's slow motion Katrina (313 votes)
4. BP oil spill update: Work continues to contain spill (313 votes)
5. Oil spill update: Increased flow of oil and BS observed in Gulf (309 votes)
6. Who wants to give away some TIF sugar? (307 votes)
7. Bring Me Your Populist Rage (306 votes)
8. Suburban bobcat evidence (306 votes)
9. Joe Sullivan's article (292 votes)
10. Slow justice (290 votes)
Top 10 Most Viewed Articles
1. State overrules city charter on number of signatures required (14667 views)
2. musicians boycott arizona over immigration law (12408 views)
3. Public meeting re. West Town area homeless supportive housing (6509 views)
4. Bring Me Your Populist Rage (6263 views)
5. KnoxViews endorses Haslam in GOP primary for governor (4422 views)
6. Kiffin and crew leaving for USC (4152 views)
7. Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced In Tennessee (3822 views)
8. CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD WORKSHOP ON TEN YEAR PLAN (3742 views)
9. U.S. Congress reconvenes Wednesday. Ping pong, anyone? (3697 views)
10. Citizens for the Ten Year Plan (3657 views)
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4. michael kaplan (93)
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9. reform4 (28)
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12. SnM (22)
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2. metulj (1598)
3. R. Neal (1156)
4. Rachel (1024)
5. bizgrrl (756)
6. Tamara Shepherd (489)
7. sugarfatpie (475)
8. Anonymously Nine (459)
9. michael kaplan (421)
10. Andy Axel (408)
11. rikki (389)
12. EricLykins (332)
13. Bbeanster (319)
14. redmondkr (296)
15. WhitesCreek (281)
16. bill young (264)
17. whooshe65 (253)
18. fischbobber (236)
19. Pam Strickland (233)
20. Factchecker (201)
21. reform4 (177)
22. Up Goose Creek (159)
23. jbr (150)
24. Lisa Starbuck (135)
25. SnM (134)
Year in Review:
A lot happened this year - everything from local and state elections to urban chickens, a Sarah Palin hacker conviction, the Midway decision, TYP debates, a couple of KnoxViewer local business launches, a new UT football coach and lots more. Here's a flashback sampler of KnoxViews articles and discussions of noteworthy 2010 events.
• The next step in the Battle of Midway: A Participatory Plan for Knox Co.
• Belmont University: Don't ask, Don't tell, Don't get fired?
• Crowded field for Knoxville Mayor
• Reverse Elitism and American Politics
• Burchett's plan: A lease-back deal for a new Carter School
• Baxter: Holston Gases will be a permanent fixture on the South Waterfront
• David Kernell sentenced
• Hillside/Ridgetop Protection Plan
• Alcoa "Parkway" TDOT public hearing
• Maryville Daily Times covers StopAlcoaParkway.com launch
• Carpe Librum announces closing
• Governor's race: Mercy rules in effect
• Clinton to TN Dems: Move beyond anger, apathy, and amnesia
• What it is ain't exactly clear
• Tennessee preliminary scorecard
• A perfect storm wipes out a bunch of Democrats
• Half a billion dollars raised inside the beltway for "outside the beltway" candidates
• Becker stepping down?
• WhitesCreek represents at EPA hearing
• WBIR to air important TV/online special about prescription drug abuse epidemic
• Pam Strickland hits the nail on the head: TYP doesn't need Jon Lawler
• JulieApple's October First Friday with the 100 Block Grand Opening Party
• Incentives approved for downtown beauty school
• Henley (Street) Bridge PR overkill?
• State promotes electric cars
• Congratulations to Pam Strickland
• TDOT v. Townsend
• Blount Shaq Attack
• TVA idling coal-fired generators
• Crosby Stills and Nash at the Tennessee Theatre
• Arrowmont staying in Gatlinburg
• Open house at the new Pellissippi State Blount campus
• My account of the NSM rally on August 14, 2010.
• Largest solar PV array in the state and the TVA region dedicated today
• Baptist Hospital repackaged as The Bridges at Riverside
• Secretary of State election debut: FAIL
• High temp weather alert
• Orange alert, day 3
• Austin-East: They are giving it up to the state
• Wounded Inskip principal returns to work
• KUB target of tree-trimming lawsuit?
• Knoxville Downtown Dog park
• Citizens for the Ten Year Plan
• Is This What Happens When You Try to Care in Knoxville?
• The forces are starting to align
• 100 Block Gay Street Ribbon Cutting
• KnoxViews endorses Haslam in GOP primary for governor
• Reaction to "obscure liberal blog" endorsement of Haslam
• UT: $14.6 million please to demolish Golf Range, Sutherland Apts.?
• Maryville Daily Times sold
• Orange Route will not proceed
• TYP meeting report
• TVA walks back green power suspension
• Making lemonade from Cityview lemons
• Sunsphere/KPH responds to "vicious smear campaign"
• The Knoxville Urban Hen Coalition and the Chicken Vote
• A Bonnaroo Review
• KnoxViews exclusive: Dr. Gregory Button on the BP oil spill disaster
• Hey, hey, my, my...
• Tennessee flood update
• Get yourself over to Frussie's
• Ijams Nature Center 100th Anniversary Celebration
• TYP public meeting re. PSH costs
• City finalizes Cumberland Ave. plans
• KnoxViews wins ETSPJ award
• Deniers come out for Al Gore's visit to UT Knoxville
• Breakfast with the kudzu eating goats
• Sameer Abdallah Jubran Born:September 29,1934 Died:May 4th,2010
• Patio dogs
• Kernell verdict in: one felony conviction, one misdemeanor
• Semi-Liveblogging the 4/28 TYP Meeting
• Congratulations to Scott Barker at the KNS
• Frussie's
• School board & creationism: shaken & stirred
• housing first
• McCord single-handedly buried mountaintop removal bill
• New York Times review of Big Ears
• Tennessee awarded $500 million in "Race to the Top"
• Sen. Alexander unhinged over student loan reform
• Watch President Obama sign the health care bill
• TAMIS Dogwood Arts 50th Anniversary retro
• West Knox site not suitable for homeless housing development
• Tennessee gun laws: Exporting gun violence
• Al Gore's honorary UT doctorate degree
• Nama moving in next door to Regal Rivera?
• Urban Outfitters approved for $500,000 CBID grant
• Urban Outfitters deal goes cold.
• Robert Loest RIP
• MPC approves East Sector Plan including Midway
• Latest UT football promotional tie in
• Permanent supportive housing proposed for Lakeshore
• What goes around, comes around (in the good sense)
• TVA arrests journalists at Kingston ash spill disaster site
• UT welcomes Coach Derek Dooley
• Kiffin and crew leaving for USC
BONUS: Year in Photos
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Discussing:
- Private equity ownership of hospitals made care riskier for patients, a new study finds (22 replies)
- Oracle is moving its world headquarters to Nashville (2 replies)
- News on potential passenger rail locations in Tennessee could be coming later this year (3 replies)
- Tennessee legislature passes bill to let teachers carry guns (1 reply)
- Boeing was once known for safety and engineering (8 replies)
- Kerns Food Hall to Open Saturday (4 replies)
- KAT working on new micro-transit service to help people get to jobs and needed appointments (1 reply)
- Tennessee Volkswagen workers vote to join union (2 replies)
- Blount County, TDOT make road deal for gun mfg ignoring town of Louisville,TN (1 reply)
- Dickey Betts has gone to meet his brothers (1 reply)
- Nearly 40 families being evicted in Maryville, new ownership (3 replies)
- Cost of car ownership on the rise, becoming unsustainable for some drivers (5 replies)
TN Progressive
- Chef steals food to serve at restaurant? (BlountViews)
- Friday Toons...Really Good this Week, Unfortunately (RoaneViews)
- "I am in despair!" (RoaneViews)
- Toons (RoaneViews)
- Blount County, TDOT make road deal for gun mfg ignoring town of Louisville,TN, (BlountViews)
- EPA Blisters TVA Plans For Replacing Kingston Coal Plant With Gas (RoaneViews)
- It's voting time again. Let's get out the vote. (BlountViews)
- Winter at the Big Rocks (Whitescreek Journal)
- Maryville Daily Times Home Delivery changing again (BlountViews)
- Secrets from My Radio Days (Joe Powell)
- Fall 2022 (Whitescreek Journal)
- Mmmm, A Fresh Hot Cup of Joe (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- Tennessee lawmakers agree to a second billion-dollar tax break for businesses in as many years (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: Gov stumbles to end of Tennessee session (TN Lookout)
- Despite outcry at juvenile detention centers, Tennessee lawmakers fail to pass oversight bill (TN Lookout)
- New EPA rules will force fossil fuel power plants to cut pollution (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee passes legislation to reform hospital certificate of need law (TN Lookout)
- Biden cracks jokes about Trump’s hair, acquires another major union endorsement (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- The It’ll Do Bar, the Chapel of Love and Elvis (Knox TN Today)
- Cross group visits home of Corrie ten Boom (Knox TN Today)
- Project Help gets $45K boost (Knox TN Today)
- Becker Gala promises fun with games (Knox TN Today)
- Hats in Bloom at botanical garden (Knox TN Today)
- Dogwood Arts Festival starts today (Knox TN Today)
- Holston Hills: The plant sale returns (Knox TN Today)
- Solar for All (Knox TN Today)
- Michael Dunn benefits from center with his name (Knox TN Today)
- Hey, what about us – the current residents? (Knox TN Today)
- Central High to host ‘Bobcat Bash’ (Knox TN Today)
- Maples gets another 4-year term at First Utility (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Public input on housing priorities helping Knoxville create Fair Housing Equity Plan (WATE)
- What to know ahead of WATE's Free Shred Day (WATE)
- Vols selected in the 2024 NFL Draft (WATE)
- Jaylen Wright selected in round 4 of NFL draft (WATE)
- Man dead after officer-involved shooting in Knoxville (WATE)
- Lady Vol softball shuts out Alabama in series opener (WATE)
- Maryville man faces vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment counts in death of young Kingston Pike pedestrian (WBIR)
- Knoxville Diocese, religious group reach mediated settlement with woman who claimed abuse, intimidation (WBIR)
- Man pleads guilty in fatal Magnolia Avenue drag-racing crash (WBIR)
- Former KCSO deputy gets 4-year prison sentence for sending videos from girl's phone (WBIR)
- Fentress Co. grand jury indicts parents accused of starving two adopted daughters (WBIR)
- 'It's every day for me' | Mother of woman who fatally overdosed now warning people about fentanyl (WBIR)
News Sentinel
State News
- Jocelyn Dee Anderson Obituary - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Grace Geevarghese Obituary - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- David George Freye Obituary - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Quoteworthy - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Trump's Trial Could Bring a Rarity: Consequences for His Words - The New York Times (US News)
- Elon Musk visits China as Tesla seeks self-driving technology rollout - Reuters (Business)
- Tornado outbreak in Oklahoma prompts calls to take cover as the threat of severe storms continues from Missouri to Texas - CNN (US News)
- Pro-Palestinian demonstrators return to USC for another on-campus protest; Tommy Trojan statue vandalized - KABC-TV (US News)
- Powell Is Poised to Keep Fed on Higher-for-Longer Path - Yahoo Finance (Business)
- Colin Jost Roasts Donald Trump On Trial And Riffs On Joe Biden’s Age During WHCA Dinner Gig - Deadline (US News)
- College protests: Anti-war protesters dig in and vow to keep demonstrations going - The Associated Press (US News)
- Columbia students caught between graduation celebrations and protests - The Washington Post (US News)
- United Auto Workers reaches deal with Daimler Truck, averting potential strike of more than 7,000 workers - CBS News (Business)
- Sound Transit opens 2 Line, connecting Bellevue and Redmond - KING5.com (Business)
- Bob Bakish Exit: Shock Ripples Through CBS’ WHCD Party As Paramount CEO Set To Depart – “Who Knows What’s Next?” - Deadline (Business)
- China EV price war to worsen as market share takes priority over profit - South China Morning Post (Business)
- What to know about the FTC's crackdown on noncompete agreements by employers - PBS NewsHour (Business)
- Tornadoes level towns in Nebraska, Iowa, devastating video shows: 'Sounded like a vacuum cleaner' - New York Post (US News)
- Justice Thomas raised crucial question about legitimacy of special counsel's prosecution of Trump - Fox News (US News)
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UPDATED with photos from 2010
UPDATED with photos from 2010 at the bottom....
I'll have another, please.
Dear Neal family,
Thanks for another good year on Knoxviews. Keep'em coming.
SC
Yes, once again, this obscure
Yes, once again, this obscure little blog has been right in the thick of things and, shortly after the beginning of the new year, there will be another richly deserved anniversary.
To quote Young Mr. Grace, "You've all done very well!"